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| U-27 | Type VIIA |
| Feldpost Number | M 08 129 |
| Construction Yard | Deutsche Schiff- und Maschinenbau AG, (AG Weser) Bremen |
| Yard Number | 908 |
| Ordered | 1st Apr 1935 |
| Keel laid | 11th Nov 1935 |
| Launched | 24th Jun 1936 |
| Commissioned | 12th Aug 1936 |
| Baubelehrung | Marinelehr-und Reparaturwerkstatt, Wilhelmshaven | | Training, Flotillas and Duties | | 08.36 - 09.39 | U-Flottille Saltzwedel, Wilhelmshaven
Frontboot (operational)
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| Commanders | | 12.08.36 - 04.10.37 | KK Hans Ibbeken
see also: U-27 U-178 |
| 05.10.37 - 05.06.39 | KL Johannes Franz |
| 06.06.39 - 08.07.39 | KzS Hans-Georg von Friedeburg |
| 08.07.39 - 20.09.39 | KL Johannes Franz |
| Operations information for U-27 | 23.08.1939 - 20.09.1939
First Sailing - active patrol
U-27 left Wilhelmshaven under the command of Johannes Franz on 23rd Aug 1939 for operations N of Scotland. On the 20th Sep 1939, U-27 was sunk.
Johannes Franz hit two ships on this patrol.-
On 13th Sep 1939 he sank the British 291 ton Davara.
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On 16th Sep 1939 he sank the British 333 ton Rudyard Kipling.
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| Notes for U-27 | U-27 made two patrols during the Spanish Civil War, the crew were awarded the Spanish Cross in Bronze.
On 20th September when NW of the Hebrides U-27 attempted to torpedo the destroyers HMS Fortune and HMS Forester. U-27's location was betrayed by the torpedoes exploding prematurely, bringing the two destroyers in to an effective depth charge attack. KL Franz had to surface the damaged boat, he and the 37 crew were taken into captivity for the remainder of the war. Material valuable to British intelligence was recovered by a boarding party before U-27 sank.
We have 54 crew names for this boat. click here for crew names of U 27
You can perform other crew searches here. Note that the number of names we give possibly includes prior crew members.You can discuss this boat or ask questions at the ubootwaffe.net forums | We have a position of 58°35N 09°02W for where this boat went down, mapped below. The cross represents where U 27 went down. | 
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